So, does the universe exist as an imperial system of feet and pounds? Or metric system of meters and kilograms?

For this empiricist, there is no struggle. The universe exists whether there are observers or not. Observers just use their own arbitrary metrics to observe and measure it with, but the fact that there are so many different metrics proves that they are nothing but observer created arbitrary units, not something that the universe depends on for existence.


Again, that's NOT how science and scientific discovery works. THEISTS start out with an idea (god dun did it), and look for proof. Scientists start out with observable facts, and try to find an explanation, whatever it may be. That explanation isn't "God did it! Now let's find evidence to prove it, and ignore all evidence to the contrary!" No, it's, "We have no idea what did it! But based on these real life observable facts, this is our best guess, which we can test and repeat over and over."

So, next time you ever think of someone looking to prove some idea, just remember, that's not science. And if you want to give us scientific proof of god, give us a scientific test to perform and repeat, with similar results every time, which shows that god exists (I bet you can't even come up with such a test!). Not point at something you can't explain, and claim that it's SO much above YOUR level of understanding, that god is the only answer. (I'm sure to anyone living in Jesus's times, entire cities built on a grain of sand, which we use as computer processors, would have been proof of god, too).

Fast. The PIN is only designed to keep someone from swiping your phone while you are using it, and sending coins to themselves right then and there. You should keep your whole phone encrypted with a password or pin, longer than 4 characters, to be safe from theft.


Electrum does not use BIP39. They have their own custom word list, as does DarkWallet which is trying to be compatible with Electrum. Anything that IS compatible with the BIP39 standard will let you import the coins (such as a Trezor). Electrum claimed they will move to BIP39 eventually, but I don't know when.




Seeds only restore your HD wallets, not your single address wallets. What are the Android versions of the phone you were using? (2.0 / 4.0 / 4.4)

So, American Libertarians are Libertarians, who believe in the free market, including believing that the free market will be enough to raise wages to sustainable amounts without the need for government intervention (which, ironically, is how China wages have increased from practically nothing, to relatively good wages they have now), and Hong Kong Libertarians are not libertarians, but are pro-democracy socialists?


Ah, so the difference is that Hong Kong libertarians actually have gripes with regards to freedom of speech and assembly, and American libertarians are free enough, and should shut the fuck up about it and not protest (or, put another way, America should become like Hong Kong in regards to libertarian protestors). Okay.

I'm a huge supporter of OT, but I'm not sure it's a replacement for sidechains. The two technologies do different things and have different goals. I look at OT as the liability system to Bitcoins asset system, and sidechains are still assets pegged to the original bitcoin without needing any third party to do the peg. OT is best for pegging tokens to other things, like precious metals or shares of a company, with a third party doing the peg. Even if pegging to bitcoin using a distributed pool, you still need to trust the third party group of cosigners that control that pool.

Titanium Backup, if done on a rooted phone, should back up ALL data, unless this wallet stores its private keys in some strange location.

This is impossible, not because we don't have the technology to make this work, but because that's not how the universe works. Note that NONE of the people who came up with any such "inventions" actually use them to power their houses and cars.

Nowadays they're private security services, so things haven't changed much.


As you said, rent on money lent. I already lend my bitcoins through https://bitlendingclub.com, and invest it in projects I think will give me a good return. You are absolutely right that if you just sit on the money and spend it on goods, you'll eventually run out. Millionaires that inherit their money without business tagging, and people with no business or finance training who win the lottery, often lose all their money rather quickly, and sometimes end up in worse debt than before they got all that money.
As I said, it's not the asset, it's what's between your ears (brain) and how you use it. Even if you have zero assets, you can always use your knowledge and intelligence to do some work and earn more assets. It's one of the reasons I quit my job and went off on my own: even if I lose all my money, I still have the skills and knowledge that will let me easily get another job and make more.


When i said hostile, i didn't mean the general population. I meant the systems in power, with things like Cyprus, NSA, bail-ins being legalized in Europe and version of that in USA, people in Russia, Ukraine, Venezuela, Argentina, and China being increasingly upset at their leadership, and their leadership getting more oppressive to try to hold onto power, and if adoption of bitcoin leads to tax revenue shortages, or even just inflationary currencies end up not being able to sustain social programs governments pay for, all those people with comfortable safety nets and "free" government provided services will be quite angry, and start looking for wealthy scapegoats to go after. They are already complaining that wealthy people are not paying enough taxes, and that they "owe society" because society provided them with police protection, roads, educated work force, etc, while ignoring that the wealthy pay a higher percentage of total tax, and thus are the ones paying for those things already, and that the useless idiots making those complaints are not "society," but individuals who want more stuff for themselves.

^^^ Since we currently don't have the science and technology to understand this process, or even know if that was the correct process, the ONLY correct answer is:

6,000 years ago, some bearded dude got bored, created a garden, then created another dude, who also got bored, so the original dude took out that second dude's rib and made a dudette for him to play with. That is obviously a much better explanation with much more evidence, and thus we shouldn't even bother trying to figure any other reasons out. God did it should be good enough, and no more scientific progress is necessary.

Personally, I prefer the "We don't know" answer to the "voices in my head told me some guy did it, and I'm going to believe them with no evidence, or will start to selectively search for the evidence that proves I'm not crazy."

I wonder what Christians will say when we get 3D printers that can print on a molecular level, and allow us to print living things, and even improve on them compared to what nature created. We would literally be using science and technology to improve on "god's own design."

As for "science today does nothing but come up with the kinda theories that everyone can understand, but that there is NO proof of," that's not true. Relativity, time passing at different speeds, and quantum mechanics are used in, or are being taken into consideration when building a lot of electronics, from GPS systems to CPUs, to fiber and wireless communications systems. Without that theoretical science those things wouldn't work. And new theoretical science will let us build even smaller processor, or use new materials and technologies to build things we couldn't before, just because we couldn't compensate for the noise such small scale and fast processing devices have to deal with.

Wow. A year is almost up... Is Phinn even still around?

That's not what the difference is. Atheists only believe in evidence and reason, and simply don't believe in things that don't have evidence, instead choosing to be skeptical.
Christians are skeptical about one less thing then atheists are, believing in a rather major concept without any reason or evidence behind it, while still being skeptical of the hundreds of other beliefs.

So, it's not about what each group believes in, it's about the level of skepticism each group has.

Also, BADecker doesn't have a clue about what science is or how it is done. Which is unsurprising considering his own beliefs.

P.S. I'm really loving and enjoying my own removed-from-god life, where I'm denying him and causing my own destruction. Nice house, great job, loving family, awesom friends, no stresses, fights, or drama, and a lot of fun, travel, adventure, and sense of accomplishment. Godless life is great

Maybe we should have a "Remember when bitcoin was $1,000?" nostalgia party

No, you can give me any price you want, but I don't have to accept your price, and just go live with someone cheaper. I don't think it's even possible for a single person or entity to have a monopoly on all the land on the entire planet.

As a count, I'm tempted to get a bit of land and a castle too, but in an increasingly hostile world, land is an asset that is easiest to track, and thus easiest to take away by force. So, to me, owning more portable and liquid assets, like bitcoin, seems way safer than owning land.

So, what are the specific differences between those in Hong Kong and those in America? (Besides the difference in how dangerous the governments are in each place)

But, despite the decline in price, adoption has actually been increasing drastically, compared to previous years, and possibly thanks to things like BitPay and Coinbase, which are reinforcing network effects. Many believe that the decline in price is actually precisely due to increased adoption and increased use of bitcoin that used to be hoarded, but is now spent more easily and frequently, with the end result of more of it being dumped on the market. It doesn't seem like it will be hitting $150, either, though we still have two more months to go.

So, it looks as if your adoption prediction was wrong, and price prediction is in the right trend, but may still be missed exactly, but with the reason behind the price decline being wrong too.

We had that system of about 50% employment for the centuries when men worked and women stayed home.

Yes, there will always be disparity, but the lowest income level has been improving in quality of life, and will likely continue to do so. Poor people still get the benefits of a house, running water, sanitation, electricity, and communications like cell phones and Internet, which they couldn't even dream of 100 years ago.

People having land doesn't matter. Land is just some dirt you can do stuff with. What matters is what's between your ears. You can use that in combination with land to grow food, build a house, or run a business, or you can use that without land to make money,  run a business, rent an apartment, and live anywhere. The main mistake poor people make is that they never accumulate any assets, instead spending all their money as soon as they get it. And those assets don't have to be land.  Even some stocks and binds, or just some cash in savings would do to start with.

Why would you use a whole lot of electricity to break up water into hydrogen and oxygen (HHO), and then burn them for heat, instead of just use electricity for heat directly?

Water is not in any way a fuel. A fuel is something that exists at a high energy state, and is burned or converted to a lower energy state, releasing heat in process. Water already exists at the lowest energy state.

When creating an LT account, give it one of your addresses. If it pops up with your nick and imports your LT account, that's the right one. If it asks you to set up a new account, exit and try again. At least I think that should work.

Regarding spending unconfirmed amounts, since you have HD, just send half of your own money to your own HD account, and you'll have your coins split between two addresses. It will pick whichever one isn't used next time you need to spend twice within the same block.



It's a feature provided by Google, since we use them for notifications. So we don't really have a way of troubleshooting it. Sorry if it's annoying

In order to believe in "post scarcity," you must believe that in the future, all technological progress and innovation will stop. Otherwise technological progress that makes things less scarce will only open up our resources and time to create ever more complex technology and inventions, which will in turn be scarce until we figure out how to make them more efficient.

All these magnet motors seem to be built on the principle of two magnets pushing apart. Problem is, in order for two magnets to push apart, they first have to be brought close enough together to start pushing. This means being brought together against the resistance that is already pushing them apart. That uses up more energy than the final push. Even the Yildiz motor relies on batteries to overcome that resistance, and will stop working once the batteries run out.

The undeniable proof that all these motors are fake is that ALL of them have to be started for the demonstration. Why not just start them once when you are done building them, and just leave them running forever?